Thesaurus results for TECHNICALITY

technicality

noun

as in subtlety

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Recent Examples of technicality The second impeachment came more than nine months after the country’s Supreme Court voided the first over a constitutional technicality, but the top court’s decision did not prevent any future attempts. —

Chad De Guzman, Time, 11 May 2026 Four years ago, the court allowed him, on a different technicality, to erase the Democratic district held by a Black representative in North Florida, Al Lawson. —

Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026 Knoblauch recognized that the only possible saving grace for Edmonton in that moment lay in the chance that the goal was wiped out by a technicality. —

Chris Johnston, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026 That the gate between our world and the Upside Down in the Hawkins Laboratory basement is technically shut at this point in the master narrative is a mere technicality that’s easily handwaved. —

Alison Herman, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for technicality

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subtlety

Noun

Sports fans can appreciate subtlety but there is a reason baseball hosts a home run derby and not a bunt fest, and basketball has a dunk contest in lieu of a layup line.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
Fukada stealthily shades in these subtleties of feeling into the story with exacting skill, creating a drama that touches on social issues but never feels issues-driven.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026